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UNDP's Public Private Partnerships for the Urban Environment (PPPUE) Programme is pleased to present the 16th issue of the Global Learning Network's Public Private Partnership Newsletter - PPP News. This informative newsletter is available to all members of PPPUE's Global Learning Network, an open community for those interested in increasing the access of the urban poor to basic services through sustainable public private partnership.

PPP News covers a wide range of current information on PPP for the Urban Environment including current events, publications, project news and vacancy announcements, information which will be invaluable to the PPP practitioner and researcher alike

PPP News is produced in partnership by the UNDP Public Private Partnerships for the Urban Environment programme (PPPUE) and the Yale University School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

Please send contributions and feedback to pppue@yale.edu

Table of Contents

1. News Flash!
   1. £2 million for the Commonwealth Local Government Good Practice Scheme
   2. Ireland's First Public Private Partnership Projects in the Health Sector
   3. IDB Approves $47.6 Million for Water and Sanitation in GOIÂNIA
   4. Cameroon Railway Concessioning Project
   5. University of Cambridge Launch Postgraduate Certificate in Cross Sector Partnership
   6. Government-private sector in Thirteen Sri Lankan Bus Companies
   7. Ondeo (SUEZ) acquires U.S. Water
   8. £62 million for two new recycling projects
   9. The Netherlands and IDB Establish A Water Partnership Program


2. Experiences with Innovative PPP Projects
   1. Ministers at pre-Summit meeting cite WASH as model of multi-stakeholder partnership
   2. Municipal public private partnerships: promises and pitfalls
   3. Helping municipalities work with the private sector: a salutary experience from South Africa
   4. Privatization in Bolivia, Cochabamba: Water Wars - Victory or Fiasco?
      
      

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3. New Publications
   1. Output-Based Aid: Possible Applications for the Design of Water Concessions
   2. Private Rural Power: Network Expansion Using an Output-Based Scheme in Guatemala
   3. Ethnic Minority Employment Through Partnerships: Towards a Model of Good Practice
   4. Local Partnerships in Europe: An Action Research Project, Second Workshop Report
   5. Water Privatisation in Africa
   6. Focusing Partnerships: A Sourcebook for Municipal Capacity Building in Public-Private Partnerships
   7. Private Participation in Infrastructure: Highways Toolkit
   8. Standardisation of PFI Contracts
      

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4. Upcoming Events: Workshops and Conferences
   1. Strengthening Public Water Systems Workshop
   2. World Summit WaterDome
   3. Assessment of Water Projects in Mexico
   4. Strategy Workshop on Public Private Partnerships in Africa
   5. Business Day-Johannesburg Summit 2002
   6. Restructuring Utilities: Strategies to Improve Management, Operations, and Financial Performance
   7. PPP in Italy
   8. PPP in Greece
   9. Environmental Innovations Summit 2002
   10. WEFTEC 2002: 75th Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference
   11. Financing Private Sector Projects
   12. PPP & Managed Equipment Services Projects in Healthcare
   13. Model for Risk Assessment in PFI/PPP Projects
   14. PPP in Leisure
   15. PPP in Queensland, Australia
   16. XI World Water Congress: Water Resources Management in the 21st Century
   17. Summer School on Private Participation in Infrastructure
   18. 3rd Annual Telecommunications Brazil Roundtable
   19. Contract Compliance and Performance Monitoring for Public-Private Partnership Projects
   20. PPP in the Nordics
   21. Opportunities in the German PPP/PFI markets
   22. Partnering with East-Central Europe's Cities: Conference on East-Central Europe's Infrastructure
   23. PPP in Defence
   24. PPP legal developments in leading markets and sectors
   25. PPP in Health
       
       
       

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Copyright Notice:
Information contained in this newsletter may be freely used for non-commercial purposes as long as due acknowledgement is provided to the UNDP PPPUE Program. Commercial use or redistribution in any form, printed or electronic, requires prior approval.

Editor: Yale-UNDP PPPUE Project Yale University New Haven, CT 06511 USA E-mail:pppue@yale.edu

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